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THE  AMERICAN  RAPIDS. 


HF  Rap.dsjl^far  from  being  the  least  interesting  feature  of  Niagara.     There  is  a  violence 
and  a  powfll^  thc.r  foaming  career,  which  is  k-en   in  no  phenomenon  of  the  same  class 
T-,1     J'^^"^'"S  o"  the  bridge  which  connects  Goat   Island  with  the   Main,   and  looking  up  towards 
Lake  Ene.  the  leapmg  crests  of  the  Rapids  form  the  horizon,  and  it  seems  like  a  battle^harge 
tempestuous  waves  animated  and  infuriated  against  the  sky.  " 

No  one  who  has  not  seen  this  spectacle  of  turbulent  grandeur  can  conceive  with  what  force  the 
SH.t  and  overwhelmmg  waters  are  flung  upwards.  The  rocks,  whose  soaring  points  show  ab^ve  the 
surface,  seem  tormented  with  some  supernatural  agony,  and  fling  off  the  wild  and  hurried  waters  as 
d^td  aid  -r  ,'"?^  arm.  Nearer  the  plunge  of  the^^all.  the  Rapids  become  still  m'oi 
agitated,  and  ,t  is  almost  impossible  for  the  spectator  to.*d  himself  of  the  idea  that  they  are 
conscious  of  the  abyss  to  which  they  are  hurrying,^  and  struggle  back  in  the  very  extremity  of  horror 

mindT  f^'-T^^^^^''"' ^''^"'■" ''''•' "-'^°"'""'^'^"'"^"  ^*-^^'''"g^  i^  ^  ^«'^'"°n  clTect  upon  the 
minds  of  visitors  m  every  part  of  its  wonderful  phenomena.  The  torture  of  the  Rapids,  the  din  ji  r 
curves  with  which  they  embrace  the  small  rocky  islands  that  live  amid  the  serge,  the'sudden  ca  mn  s 
^es  1  «^  the  cataract,  and  the  infernal  writhe  and  whiteness  with  which  they  re-appear  poer 

ess  from  the  depths  of  the  abyss,  all  seem,  to  the  excited  imagination  of  the  gazer,  like  the  natural 
'^^iJ^^Z^;^^;^^^'-^^  and  fearful  agon,  on  the^inds  and  irame.1 


NIAGARA    FALLS. 

O'^-t'stn -l7rn"  [nclin'd  1^  ^^ -- -hich  tourists  travel  to  see.-at  least  of  all  those  which  I 
V>'  na  e  seen  -I  am  inclined  to  give  the  palm  to  the  Falls  of  Niagara.     In  the  catalogue  of  such 

hands  aTJl;;'  X  1'  ^"f"':  ^"  '""''"^^'  P-tures.  statues  and\vonders  of  art  md'eby  men's 
nands  and  also  all  beauties  of  nature  prepared  by  the  Creator  for  the  delight  of  His  creatures  Thi! 
<s  a  long  word  ;  but,  as  far  as  my  taste  and  judgment  co  it  is  iustifieH      T  l^L  .u  u- 

beautiful   sn  o-Inrmn=  a r.^  o^  ri      t    •<     ,t»'"^'"  i>°> '^ '^  justihed.     1  know  no  other  one  thing  so 

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THE  ICE  BRIDGE. 

UPON  the  occurrence  of  a  thaw  sufficient  to  break  up  the  ice  in  Lake  Erie,  masses  of  floatinf; 
ICC  arc  precipitated  over  the  Falls  in  blocks  of  several  tons  each.  These  remain  at  the  foot  of 
the  cataract,  from  the  stream  being  closed  below,  "  and  form  a  natural  bridge  across  it.  As 
they  accumulate,  they  get  progressively  piled  up,  like  a  Cyclopean  wall.  Built  of  huge  blocks  of  ice 
instead  of  stone,  this  singular  masonry  of  nature  gets  cemented  by  the  spray,  which,  rising  in  clouds 
of  mist  as  usual  from  the  foot  of  the  Falls,  attaches  itself  in  its  upward  progress  to  the  icy  wall,  and 
soon  gets  frozen  with  the  rest  of  the  mass,  helping  to  fill  up  the  interstices  between  the  larger  blocks 
of  which  this  architecture  is  composed." 

This  icy  wall  or  mound  rises  up  from  the  base  in  front  of  the  Falls  to  a  height  approaching  the 
level  of  the  upper  stream. .  Scaling  the  mound  is  an  exhilarating  and  laborious  exercise,  but  the  near 
sight  of  thc-maddened  waters  plunging  into  the  vortex  below  is  a  fitting  reward  for  the  adventurous 
undertaking. 

The  ice  bridge  generally  extends  from  the  Horse-shoe  Fall  to  a  point  near  the  raihvay  bridge, 
lasts  generally  from  two  to  three  months,  and  is  crossed  by  hundreds  of  foot  passengers  during  the 
winter.  The  ice  forming  the  bridge  is  ordinarily  from  one  hundred  to  one  hundred  and  fifty  feet  thick- 
rising  from  fifty  to  sixty  feet  above  the  natural  surface  of  the  river.  Huge  icicles,  formed  by  an, 
accumulation  of  frozen  spray,  hang  from  the  rocks;  amass  of  quaint  and  curious  crystalline  forms 
stand  in  lieu  of  the  bushes  ;  the  buildings  seem  to  sink  under  ponderous  coverings  of  snow  and  ice  ; 
the  trees  and  rocks  on  which  the  dazzling  frost  work  does  not  lie  stand  out  in  bold  contrast,  forming 
Jhe  deep  shadows  of  the  entrancing  picture;  the  wholes  presents  a  wild,  savage  aspect,  grand  and 
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NIAGARA    FAIJ„S   IN    WINTER    (iARIl, 


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HE  last  hues  of  sunset  lingered  in   the  mists  that 
mournful,  tremulous  grace,  and 


sprung  from  the  base  of  the  Falls  with  a 
movement  weird  as  the  play  of  the  noj-thern  lights,     They 
were  touched  with  the  most  delicate  purples  and  crimsons,  that  darkened  to  deep  red,  and  then 
faded  from  them  at  a  second  look,  and  they  flew  upward,  swiftly  upward,  like  troops  of  pale,  trans- 
parent ghosts,  while  a  perfectly  clear  radiance,  better  than  any  other  for  local  color,  dwelt  upon  the 
scene.    Far  under  the  bridge  the  river  smoothly  swam,  the  undercurrents  forever  unfolding  themselves 
upon  the  surface  with  a  vast  rose-like  evolution,  edged  all  round  with  faint  lines  of  white,  where  the 
air  that  Mltd  the  water  freed  itself  in  foam.     What  had  been  clear  green  on  the  face  of  the  cataract 
was  here  more  like  rich   verd-antique,  and  had  a  look  of  firmness  almost  like  that  of  the  stone  itself. 
So  it  showed  beneath  the  bridge,  and  down  the  river  till  the  curving  shores  hid  it.     These,  springing 
abruptly  from  the  water's  brink,  and   shagged   with   pine  and  cedar,  displayed  the  tender  verdure  of 
grass  and  bushes  intermingled   with. the  dark  evergreens  that   climb  from  ledge  to  ledge,  till  they 
point  their  speary  tops  above  the  crest   of  bluffs.     In   front,  where  tumbled  rocks  and  expanses  of 
naked  clay  varied  the  gloomier  and  gayer  green,  sprung  those  spectral  mists ;  and  through  them 
loomed  out,  in  its  manifold  majesty,  Niagara,  with  the  seemingly  immovable  wlyte  Gothic  screen  of 
the  American  Fall,  and  the  green  massive  curve  of  the  Horse-shoe,  solid  and  simple  and  calm  as  an 
Egyptian  wall ;  while  behind  this,  with  their  white  and  black  expanses  broken  by  dark  foliaged  little 
isles,  the  steep  Canadian  rapids  billowed  down  between  their  heavily-wooded  shores. 


/«  "T/ieir  ll'fddhig  Jounify."     Copyrighl.  Houghlon.  Mifflin  &  Co. 


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NIAGARA    FAI,I.S    BY    MOONLIGHT,    FROM    NBW    YORK    STATK    RESERVATION. 


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NIAGARA  FAtLS. 

HERE'S  nothing  great  or  bright,  thou  glorious  fall! 
Thou  mayest  not  to  the  fancy's  sense  recall — 
The  thunder-riven  cloud,  the  lightning's  leap. 
The  stirring  of  the  chambers  of  the  deep; 

Earth's  emerald  green  and  many-tinted  dyes, 
C      The  fleecy  whiteness  of  the  -upper  skies ; 

The  tread  of  armies,  thickening  as  they  come, 

The  boom  of  cannon  and  the  beat  of  drtim ; 

The^  brow  of  beauty  and  the  form  of  grace, 

The  passion  an(J  the  prowess  of  our  race; 

The  song  of  Homer  in  its  loftiest  hour. 

The  unresisted  sweep  of  human  power; 

Britannia's  trident  on  the  azure  sea, 

America's  young  slv>ut  of  liberty ! 

Oh !   may  the  waves  which  madden  in  thy  deep^ 

There  spend  their  rage,  nor  climb  the  encircling  steep; 

And,  till  the  conflict  of  thy  surges  cease, 

The  nations  on  thy  banks  repose  in  peace. 

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THE  HORSE-SHOE  FALL  FROM  GOAT  ISLAND. 

THERE  is  no  grander  spot  than  this.  The  waters  are  absolutely  around  you.  If  you  have 
tha!  povyer  of  eye-control  which  is  so  necessary  to  the  full  enjoyment  of  scenerv,  you  will  sec 
nothing  but  the  water.  That  converging  rush  of  water  may  fall  down,  down  at  once  into  a  hell 
of  rivers  for  what  the  eye  can  see.  It  is  glorious  to  watch  them  in  their  f^rst  curve  over  the  rocks. 
They  come  green  as  a  bank  of  emeralds;  but  with  a  fitful  flying  color,  as  though  conscious  that  in 
one  moment  more  they  would  be  dashed  into  spray  and  rise  into  air,  pale  as  driven  snow.  The  vapir 
rises  high  into  the  air,  and  is  gathered  there,  visible  always  as  a  permanent  white  cloud  over  the 
cataract ;  but  the  bulk  of  the  spray  which  fills  the  lower  hollow  of  that  horse-shoe  is  like  a  tumult  of 
snow.  The  head  of  it  rises  ever  and  anon  out  of  that  caldron  below,  but  the  caldron  itself  will  be 
mvisible.  It  is  ever  so  far  down— far  as  your  own  imagination  can  sink  it.  But  your  eyes  will  rest 
upon  the  full  curve  of  the  waters.  The  shape  you  will  be  looking  at  is  that  of  a  horse-shoe,  but  of  a 
horse-shoe  miraculously  deep  from  toe  to  heel— and  this  depth  becomes  greater  as  you  sit  there. 
That  which  at  first  was  only  great  and  beautiful,  becomes  gigantic  and  sublime,  till  the  mind  is  at  a 
loss  to  find  an  epithet  for  its  own  use.  To  realize  Niagara  you  must  sit  there  till  you  see  nothing 
else  than  that  which  you  have  come  to  see.  You  will  find  yourself  among  thd  waters  as  though  you 
belonged  to  them.  The  cool  liquid  green  will. run  through  your  veins,  and  the  voice  of  the  cataract 
will  be  the  e.xpression  of  your  own  heart.  You  will  fall-as  the  bright  waters  fail,  rushing  down  into 
youf  new  world  with  no  hesitation  and  with  no  dismay;  and 'you  will  risq.  again  as  the  spray  rises, 
bright,  beautiful  and  pure.  Then  you  will  flow  away  in  your  course  to  the  uncompassed,  distant  and 
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lught  like  t|iis  des^c^nded  since  the  fountains- 
Of  tiic  (Ireat  Ddep,  bmke  up,  in  cataracts  iiurled,  ii 
And  climbing  lofty  hills,\temal  mountains,  ' 
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Yon  tides  are  raging,  as  when  storms  have  striven, 

And  the  vexed  seas,  awaking  from  their  sleep, 
Are  rough  with  foam,  and  Neptune's  flocks  are  driven 
In  myriads  o'er  the  green  and  azure  deep. 

Ere  yet  they, fall,  mark  (where  that  mighty  current' 
Comes  like  an  army  from  its  mountain  home)    •  ,   " 
How  fiercely  jion  steeds  amid  the  torrent 
With  thejifijilprk  flanks,  and  manes  and  crests  of  foam, 

''Speed  to  their  doom,.— yet,  in  the  awful  centre. 
Where  the  wild  waves  rush,  madliest  to  the  steep. 
Just  erie  that  white,  unfathomed  gulf  they  enter. 
Rear  back  in  horror  from  the  headlong  leap. 

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Then,  maddening,  plunge.     A  thousand  more  succeeding 
Sweep  onward,  troop  on  troop,  againto  urge 
The  same  fierce  fight,  as  rapid  and  unheedin^^ — 


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y^EFORE  the  balcony  in  which  this  is  Avritten,  the  great  cataract  of  America  is  thundering 
JJ  smoking,  glittering  with  green  and  white  rollers  and  rapids,  huriing  the  waters  of  a  whole 
continent  in  splendor  and  speed  over  the  sharp  ledges  of  the  long,  brown,  rqck  by  which  Erie 
I' the  Broad."  Bteps  proudly  down  to  Ontarro,  "  the  Beautiful."  Close  at  hand  on  our  left— no/ 
mdeed,  farther  removed  than  some  si.x  hundred  or  seven  hundred  yards— the  smaller,  but  very 
imposing  American  Fall  speaks  with  the  louder  voice  of  the  two,  because  its  coiling  spirals  of  twisted 
and  furious  flood  crash  in  full  impulse  of  descent  upon  the  talus  of  massive  boulders  heaped  un 
at  its  feet.  ^         ^ 

The  resounding  impact  of  water  on  rock,  the  clouds  of  'water-smoke  which  rise  high  in  air 
while  the  river  below  is  churned  into  a  whiriing  cream  of  eddy  and  surge  and  back-water,  unite  in  a 
composite  effect  at  once  magnificent  and  bewildering.  But  if  you  listen  attentively  you  will  always 
hear  the  profound  diapason  of  the  great  fall— that  surnamed  the  Horse-shoe- sounding  superbly 
amid  the  loudest  clamor  and  tumult  of  its  sister,  a  deeper  and  grander  note ;  and  whenever  for  a  time 
the  gaze  rests  with  ine.xhaustible  wonder  upon  that  fierce  and  tumultuary  American  Fall,  this 
nriighfler  and  still  more  marvelpus  Horse-shoe  steals  it  away  again  with  irresistible  fascination  '  Full 
-11*  front  lies  that  wholly  indescribable  spectacle  at  this  instant.  Its  solemn  voice-an  octave  lower 
than  the  excited,  leaping,  almost  angry  cry  of  fervid  life  fromthe  lesser  cataract-resounds  through 
the  golden  summer  morning  air  like  the  distant  roar  from  the  streets  of  f^fty  Londons  all  in  full 
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FROM  CITY  TO  CATARACT. 

FROM  Toronto  we  steam  across  the  lake  to  the  village  of  Niagara,  where  a  train  is  waiting  to 
carry  us  on  to  the  Falls  about  lialf  an  hour  further  on.     We  all  watch  from  the  windows  eager 
to  catch  our  first  glimpse  of  the  world's  great  wonder.     We  feel  a  nervous  anxiety  to  stand  in 
Its  majestic  presence.     I  quote  from  my  c6mpanion's  note-book  on  the  spot :     "  There  was  a  break 
in  the  wood,  a  flash  of  vvhite,  a  cloud  of  spray  tossed  high  above  the  tree-tops ;  then  the  dark  woods 
closed  again.     That  glimpse,  flashing  upon  us  and  passing  before  we  could  fully  realize  that  the  great 
♦tumbhng  mass  was  indeed   Niagara,  can  hardly  be  called  our  first  view  of  it.     *     *     *     It   was*.a- 
moonless  night,  and  in  the  dusk  we  could  only  obscurely  trace  the  vast,  vague  outline  of  the  two  falls, 
divided  by  the  blurred  mass  of  shapeless  shadows  which  we  learned  was  Goat  Island.     As  we  looked 
upon  them  silently,  and  listened  to  the  ceaseless  boom,  lik#  distant  thunder,  which  shook  the  ground 
beneath  our  feet,  across  the  snowy  veil  of  the  American  Fall,  to  our  left,  shot  rays  of   rosy  light 
which  melted  into  amber,  then  into  emerald.     They  were  illuminating  the  great  waters  with  colored 
calcium  lights.     *     *     *     But  the  brilliant  rays  which  fell  across  the  American  Falls,  and  which  were 
tifi-ned  on  and  off  like  a  dissolving  view,  did  not   reach  to  the   Horse-shoe  Fall,  away  to  our  right. 
Vast,  solemn,  shadowy,  we  could  just  distinguish  its  form  in  the  darkness,  could  hear  the   deep 
murmur  of  its  awful  voice.     And  there,  between  it  and;  us,  what  was  t/iat  we  saw?    Was  it  some 
huge,  pale  ghost  standing  sentinel   before   Niagara?    White,  spectral,  motionless,  it  rose  up  and 
reached  towards  the  stars— shapeless,  dim,  vague  as  a  veiled  ghost.     There  was  something  almost 
supernatural  about  it ;  it  was  like  a  great,  colossal  spectre  wrapped  in  a  robe  of  strange,  dim  light." 
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NIAGARA  IN  WINTER. 

AFTER  a  few  days  of  hafd  frost  in  winter,  the  Falls  become  more  of  a  vision  of  some  enchanted 
land  than  a  real  scene  in  our  world.  No  marvels  wrought  by  genii  anc^  magicians  in  the 
Eastern  tales  could  surpass  the  wonderful  creations  that  rise  along  the  surrounding  banks  and 
hang  over  the  walls  of  the  cataract.  Glittering  wreaths  of  icicles,  like  jeweled  diadems,  gleam  on  the 
browof  every  projecting  rock  and  jutting  crag.  Arches,  pillars,  and  porticos  of  shining  splendor  are 
grouped  beneath  the  overhanging  cliffs,  giving  fanciful  suggestions  of  fairy  palaces  beyond.  Every 
fallen  fragment  of  rock  under  its  icy  covering  becomes  a  marble  pyramid  or  obelisk,  and  masses  of 
frozen  spray  stand  out  here  and  there  in  graceful  and  statuesque  forms,  easily  shaped  by  imagination 
into  the  half-finished  work  of  a  sculptor.  Every  rift  and  opening  in  the  cliff  is  transformed  into  an 
alabaster  grotto  with  friezes  and  mouldings  all  fretted  and  froze,  with  filagree  wreaths  and  festoons 
and  filmy  veils  and  canopies  of  lace-like  patterns  ^nd  gossamer  texture  ;  and  on  every  curve  and 
angle,  round  every  fissure  and  crevice,  some  fantastic  and  lovely  decoration  is  woven  by  winter's 
master  artist.  King  Frost.  Over  the  Horseshoe,  towards  Goat  Island  and  the  Bridal  Veil  Fall,  the 
water  ])ours  iij  thin  silvery  sheets,  which  dissolve  in  white  curving  mists-  as  they  slide  slowly  down 
pinnacles  of  ice,  stretching  high  above  them  break  these  falling  streams.  The  American  Falls, 
through  its  hovering  veil  of  spray,  seems  transformed  into  wreaths  of  frozen  foam.  The  face  of 
Goat  Island  is  resplendent  with  huge  many-tinted  icicles,  showing  all  the  colors  of  the  rock  on  which 
they  are  formed,  and  on  either  shore  the  under  clififs  are  hung  with  lovely  draperies  of  frozen  spray. 
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THEIR  PILGRIMAGE  TO  NIAGARA.  1 

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T'^HE  slight  bridge  to  Goat  Island  appeared  more  presumptuous  by  daylight,  and  the 
1  sharp  slope  of  the  rapids  above  it  gave  a  new  sense  of  the  impetuosity  of  the  torrent- 
As  they  walked  slowly  on,  past  the  now  abandoned  paper  mills  and  the  other  human 
impertinehees,  the  elemental  turmoil,  increased,  and  they  seemed  entering  a  world  the  foundations 
of  which  were  broken  up.  This  must  have  been  a  good  d6al  a  matter  of  impression,  for  other 
parties  of  sight-seers  were  coming  and  going,  apparently  unawed,  and  intent  simply  on  visiting 
every  point  spoken  of  in  the  guide-book,  and  probably  unconscious  of  the  all-pervading  terror. 
But  King  could  not  escape  it,  even  in  the  throng  ascending  and  descending  the  stairway  to 
Lutja  Island.  Standing  upon  the  platform  at  the  top,  he  realized  for  the  first  time  the  immense 
might  of  the  downpour  of  the  American  Fall,  and  noted  the  pale  green  color,  with  here  and 
there  a  violet  tone,  and  the  white  cloud  mass  spurting  out  from>the  solid  color.  On  the'fo^m- 
crested  river  lay  a  rainbow  forming  nearly  a  complete*  circle.  The  little  steamer  "Maid  of  the 
Mist"  was  coming  up,  riding  the  waves,  dashed  here  and  there  by  conflicting  currents,  but 
regolutely  steaming  on— such  is  the  audacity  of  man— and  poking  her  venturesome  nose  into 
the  boiling  foam  under  the  Horse-shoe.  On  the  deck  are  pigmy  passengers  in  oil-skin  suits — 
clumsy  figures,  like  Arctic  explorers.  The  boat  tosses  about  like  a  chip.  It  hesitates  and  qufvers, 
and  then,  slowly  swinging,  darts  away  down  the  current,  fleeing  from  .the  wrath  of  the  water  and 
pursued  by  the  angrj>  roar.  •  »  "  , 


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THE  AMERICAN  I-AI,I.  AND  CITY  OF  NIAGS^RA   FAI.1,9.  FROM  CANADA  SIDE. 


NIAGARA  IN  WINTER. 


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I  HAVE  seen  the  Falls  in  all  weathers  and  in  all  seasons,  but  to  my  mind  the  winter  v^^w  is 
most»  beautiful.  I  saw  them  first  during  the  hard  winter  of  1854,  when  a  hundred  cataracts 
of  ice  hung  from  the  cliffs,  on  either  side,  when  the  masses  of  ice  brought  down  from 
Lake  Erie  were  together  at  the  foot,  uniting  the  shores  with  a  rugged  bridge,  and  when  every 
twig  of  every  tree  and  bush  on  Goat  Island  was  overlaid  an  inch  deep  with  a  coating  of  solid 
crystal.  The  air  was  still,  and  the  sun  shone  in  a  cloudless  sky.  The  green  of  the  Fall,  set 
in  a  landscape  of  sparkling  silver,  was  infinitely  more  brilliant  than  in  summer,  when  it  is 
balanced  by  the  trees,  and  the  rainbows  were  almost  too  glorious  for  the  eye  to  bear.  I  was  not 
impressed  by  the  sublimity  of  the  scene,  nor  even  by  its  terror,  but  solely  by  the  fascination  of 
its  wonderful  beauty, — a  fascination  which  continually  tempted  me  to  plunge  into  that  sea  of 
fused  emerald,  and  lose  myself  in  the  dance  of  the  rainbows.  With  each  succeeding  visit 
Niagara    has   grown   in    height,   in  power,  in   majesty,   in   solemnity  ;   but   I   have  seen  its  climax 


of  beauty. 


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La  grandeur  mervcilleuse  du  tableau  qu'il  vous  est  donnede  contempler  est  telle  qu'on  eprouve 

une  emotion  sans  pdreille.      De  gigantesques  stalactites  glacees,  de  50  m^trfis  de  hauteur  enviopn 

.  toutes  brilliantes  au  soleil,  semblent  pretes  a  vous  ecraser  par  leur  masse  formidable.     Les  chutes 

d'eau   etincelantes   aux   couleurs   d'emeraudg   qui  se  precipitent  du  fer  a.  cheval  accompfegnees  des 

vapeurs   d'eau  s'elevant  dans  le  ciel,  la  neige  eblouissante  des  premiers   plans,  forment   des  scenes 


SI   extraordinaires    qu'elles    depassent   veritablement   ce   que  I'homme   peut   rJ^ver   et   pendent   les 

quelques   instants   de    contemplation   notre    imagination    err  restrait    presque   comme   troubl^e.- 
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THE>r,    when    I    felt  how  -ftcar   to  my  Creator    I    was    standing,    the    first    effeet^   ^d    the 
enduring    one— instant    and    lasting— of    thd   tremend(^is   spectacle   was    Peacy.-   J'eace    of 
Mind,  tranciuillity,   calm    recollections   of   the    Dead,   great    thoughts   of    Etcrnal^>Rest  and 
Happiness,  nothing  of   gloom  or  terror.      Niagara  [vas  at  once  stamped   upon  my  hoa'!^t.,t^i  Image 
of  Heauty;  to  remain  there,  changeless  and  indelible?,  uniil  its  pulses  ceasc^to  beat,  for  cve|! 

Oh,  how  the  strife  and  trouble  of  daily  life  receded  from  my  view,  and  lessened,,  in  the 
distance,  during  the  ten  memorable  days  wc  passed  on  that.  Enchanted  Ground!  What  voices 
spoke  from  out  the  thundering  water ;  what  faces,  faded  from  the  earth,  looked  out  upon  me 
from  its  gleaming  depths;  what  Heavenly  promise  glistened  in  those  angel's  tears,  the  drops  of 
many  hues,  that  showered  around,  and  twined  themselves  about  tlve  gorgeous  arches  which  the 
changing  rainbows  made! 

I  think  in  every  quiet  season  now,  still  do  those  waters  roll  and  leaf 
daylong;  still  are  the  rainbows  spanning  them,  a  hundred  feet  below.  Still,  AvTien  the  sun  is  on 
them,  do  they  shine  and  glow  like  molten  gold.  Still,  when  the*  day  is  gloomy,  do  they  fall  like 
snow,  or  seem  to  crumble  away  like  the  front  of  a  great  chalk  cliff;  or  roll  down  the  rock  like  dense 
white  smoke.  But  always  does  the  mighty  stream  appear  to  die  as  it  comes  down,  and  always 
from  its  unfathomable  grave  arises  that  tremendous  ghost  of  spray  and  mist,  which  is  never  laid  ; 
which  h^g  haunted  this  place  with  the  same  dread  solemnity  since  Darkness  brooded  on  the  deep, 
and  that  first  flood  before  the  Deluge— Light— came -rushing  on  Creation  at  the  word  of  God. 


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"THE  NIAGARA  FALLS  ROUTE."  ^ 

THE  Michigan  Central  is  the  only  real  ;;  Niagara  Falls  Rodte.*'  It  is  the  onl>»  railroad  that 
gives  a  satisfactory  view  of  the  Falls.  \  Every  trn*fj  stops  f^ve  minutes  at  Falls  View 
which  IS  what  the  name  indicates,  a  splendid  pojat  from  whfch  to  view  the  great  cataract 
It  IS  right  on  the  brink  gf  the  grand  caf.on.  at  the  Canadiair^nd  of  the  Horse-shoe,  and  every  part 
of  the  Falls  .s  m  plain  sight.  Even  if  he  is  too  ill  or  t6o  lazy^o  get  out  of  his  car,  every  passenger 
can  .see  the  liquid  wonder  of  the  world  from  the  window  orAhe  pldtform.  This  is  the  Michigan 
Centrals  strongest  hold  on  popular  favor,  its  greatest  advantage,  its  chief  attraction.  So  long  as 
the  waters  of  that  mighty  river  .thunder  down  to  the  awful  depths  below,  so  long  as  the  rush  and 
roar,  the  surge  and  foam  and  prismatic  spray  of  nature's  cataractic  masterpiece  remain  to  delight 
and  awe  the  human  soul,  thousands  and  tens  of  thousand^-of  beauty-lovers  and  grarideur-worshipers 
will  journey  over  the  only  railroad  from  which  it  can  be  seen.  There  is  but  one  Niagara  Falls  on 
earth,  and  but  one  direct  great  railway  to  it. 

After  leaving  Falls  View,  the  train  sweeps  along  the  mighty  chasm  to  the  Cantilever  Bridge 
giving  frequent  and  ever-changing  views  of  the  cataract  and  the  surging,  boiling  river  as  it  madly 
rushes  and  rages  between  the  perpendicular  walls  of  stone,  two  hundred  feet  high,  that  form  the 
great  canon  of  Niagara.  From  the  bridge  there  is  a  magnificent  view  of  the  Falls,  the  RajDids 
and  the  Suspension  Foot-Bridge,  above  the  Cantilever;  while  belmv  it  the  eye  takes  in  the  Lower 
Rapids  and   the  awful  Whirlpool  where  Captain  Webb's   body  was   found.— Co/.  P.  Donan   in  St 


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BETWIXT  the  Lakes  Ontario  and  Erie,  there  is  a  vast  and  prodigious  cadence  of  water, 
which  falls  down  after  a  surprising  and  astounding  manner;  '  insomuch  that  the  universe- 
does  not  afford  its  parallel.  Tis  true,  Italy  and  Sucdland  boast  of  some  such  things, 
but  we  may  well  say  they  are  but  sorry  patterns  when  compared  with  this  of  which  we  now  speak! 
At  the  foot  of  this  horrible  precipice  we  meet  with  the  river  Niagara,  whirfi  is  not  above  a 
•  luarter  of  a  league  broad,  but  is  wonderfully  deep  in  some  places.  It  is  so  rapid  above  this 
descent  that  it  violently  hurries  down  the  wild  beasts  while  endeavoring  to  pass  it  to  feed  on 
the  other  side,  they  not  being  able  to  withstand  the  force  of  its  current,  whichMnevitably  casts 
them  headlong,  above  six  hundred  feet  high. 

This  wonderful  downfall  i.s  compounded  of  two  great  cross  streams  of  water  and  two  falls, 
with  an  isle  sloping  along  the  middle  of  it.  The  waters  which  fall  from  this  horrible  precipice 
do  foam  and  boil  after  the  most  hideous  manner  imagihi^ble,  making  an  outrageous  noise,  more 
terrible  than  that  of  thunder;  for  when  the  wind  blows  out  of  the  south,  their  dismal  roaring  may 
be  heard  more  than  fifteen  leagues  off. 

The  rebounding  of  these  waters  is  so  great  that  a  sort  of  cloud  arises  from  the  foam  of  it 
which  is  seen  hanging  over  this  abyss,  even  at  noon-day,  when  the  sun  is  at  its  height.  In  the 
midst  of  summer,  when  the  weather  is  hottest,  they  rise  above  the  tallest  firs  and  other  great  trees 
which  grow  on  the  sloping  island  which  makes  the  two  falls  of  water  that  I  spoke  o[.— Father  Louis 
Hennepin,  in  his  "New  Discovfry"  published  in  1697. 


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EACH  end  is  made  up  of  a  section,  entirely  of  steel,  extending  from  the  shore  nearly  half 
way  over  the  chasm.  Each  section  is  supported  near  its  center  by  a  strong  steel  tower, 
from  which  extend  two  lever  arms,  one  reaching  the  rocky  bluffs,  the  other  extending 
over  the  river  175  feet  beyond  the  towers.  The  outer  arm  having  no  support,  and  being  subject  like 
the  other  to  the  weight  of  trains,  a  counter-advantage  is  given  by  the  shore  arm  being  firmly 
anchored  to  the  rocks  on  the  shm-e.  The  towers  on  either  side  rise  from  the  water's  edge ; 
between  them  a  clear  span  of  495  feet  over  the  river,  the  longest  double-track  truss-span  in 
the  world.  The  ends  of  the  cantilevers  reaching  on  each  side  395  feet  from  the  abutments," 
leave  a  gap  of  120  feet,  filled  by  an^  ordinary  truss  bridge  hung  from  the  ends  of  the  canti- 
levers. Here  provision  is  made  for  expansion  and  contraction  by  au,  ing;cnious  arrangement 
between  the  ends  of  the  truss  bridge  and  of  the  cantilevers,  allowing  the  enc^^  to  move  freely 
as  the  temperature  changes,  but  at  the  same  time  preserving  perfect  rigidity  against  sid^ 
pressure  from  the  wind.  There  are  no  guys  for  this  purpose,  as  in  a  suspension  bridge,  but 
the  structure  is  complete  within  itself.  The  total  length  of  the  bridge  is  910  feet.  It  has  a 
double  track,  and  is  strong  enough  to  carry  upon  each  track  at  the  same  time  the  heaviest 
freight  train,  extending  the  entire  length  of  the  bridge,  headed  by  two  "  consolidation  "  engines 
and  under  a  side  pressure  of  thirty  pounds  per  square  foot,  produced  by  a  wind  haying  a 
velocity  of  seventy-five  miles  per  hour,  and  even  then  will  be  strained  to  only  one-fifth  of  its 
ultimate  strength. 


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THE  EROSION  OF  THE  GORGE. 

IT  is  a  matter  of  direct  observation  that,  from  time  to  timejargc  rocks  of  the  upper  limestone 
fall  away  into  thq  pool,  and  there  seems  no  escape  from  the  inference  that  this  occurs 
because  the  erosion  of  the  shale  beneath  deprives  the  limcstohe  of  its  support.  lust 
how  the  shale  ,s  eroded  and  what  is  the  part  played  by  the  harder  layers  beneath,  are  ciues- 
t.ons  m  regard  to  which  we  are  much  in  doubt.  In  the  Cave  of  the  Winds,  where  one  can 
pass  beneath  and  behmd  one  of  the  thinner  Segments  of  the  divided  fall,  the  air  is  filled  with 
spray  and  heavier  masses  of  water  that  perpetually  dash  against  the  shale,  and  though  their 
force  m  that  place  does  not  seem  to  be  violent,  it  is  possible  that  their  continual  beating  is 
the  aa.on  that  removes  the  shaly  rock.  The  shale  is  of  the  variety  known  as  calcareous,  and 
as  Its  calcareous  element  is  soluble,  it  may  .be  that  solution  plays  its  part  in  the  work  of 
undermining.  What  goes  on  beneath  the  waters  of  the  pool  must  be  essentially  different.  The 
Niagara  River  carries  no  sediment,  and  therefore  cannot  scour  its  channel  in  the  manner  of  most 
rivers,  but  tlje- fragments  of  the  limestone  bed  that  fall  into  the  pool  must  be  moved  by  the 
plungipg  water,  else  they  would  accumulate  and  impede  its  work;  and.  being  moved,  we  can 
underhand  that  they  become  powerful  agents  of  excavation.  Watet  plunging  into  a  pool  acquires 
a  gyratory  motioii^  and.  carrying  detritus  about  with  it,  sometimes'  bores  deep  holes,  even  in  rocks 
hat  are  hard.  These  holes  are  technically  called  "pot-holes,"  and  there  is  much  to  commend 
tne  suggestion  that  the  excavation  within  the  pool  is  essentially  pot-hole  work. 


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AN  IDEAL  VIEW  OF  NIAGARA. 


The  outlook  isover  L  rapids  leTdfng  to  the  aI^L^^^^^^^     t.     H^t'^T  '"'"-^--l  Hotel. 

forest^rrowned  slopes  of  Goat  Island,  and  w^th  the  Tweeo "nH  i      h'        )  °u  '*''  ^'"^'  '^'  ''"^'^^ -"^ 

sunny  sward  of  Queen  Victoria  Park  witiT    vlnerlwe  fo  "  ,  f'         7^'^^'  ^''''  ""^^  ^^^^^^"'  the 

tinted  by  distance-the  lofty  Canadikrun  .„<!!  T        T     T^"'  ^"'^'  ""'"^  ^igh  above  all-violet- 

Central  Railroad,  giving  to  'l^^trlt^J^^^^^^  ?""^  T  ^^^  ^-^«  of  the  Michigan 

rama  unites  in  itself  ^more  varied  elements  orbeautv"^"^  ^  '"  '^^  ^'''^'^-    ^his  vast  pano- 

be  found  combined  e)sewhere  ^e Tor  d      Therl^s  not  ."'''u"'''  ^"^' ?^-«fness  than  can 

tranquillitj.  arid  exquisite  beauty  oTWene      Onihe  CaLV'"^  Z'^'^'  ^^  '°""*  *°  ""^^  ^^e  perfect 

the  glare  of  light  reflected  from  the  falhAwaters  and  .  "'t^  ""^  "^^  ^°°"  b^'^^'"^  ^^ary  of 

that  the  atmosphere  was  damp  and  chlTh  ^ ^     On  tT  T^l'"'  "^"'"^  *^^  ^^"^'  -^  ^-n^ 

we  sat  for  hours,  until  the  sLdows^e  L^^^^^ 

upon  the  lawn,  and  the  spraj^^rSSThTbrink  If  the  ill    P  f^^'^^  ""''^  ^'■°*^  '^^"'^^  ^^  «"""gh 
and  amethyst,  suggesting^h^lory  that   he  eyes  of  fS  '^^•"^^"ff^^ed  with  colors  of  rose 

Cty.    411  noise,  confusfon.  gllreJ,usUe  Werfabsent     On!       '  '7""'  '^'  P^-"*^^  °^  *»^^  "----"'X 
perfectly  happy.     If  this  view  be  missed  The  travS',  t^  !  ''v^i''""  *''^  ^*^"^^'  ^"^^  therefore. 


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NIAGARA  IN  SPRING. 

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On,  I  could  gaze  forever  on  thy  face. 
Unwearied  still  thou  matchless  waterfall, 
Whose  twiiiiuK  sjiells  of  majesty  and  grace 
My  ardent  sense  bewilder  and  enthrall. 

In  all  my  moods  thy  charms'  puissant  sway. 

Enforce  my  will  their  master-spell  to  own; 
My  heart  leaps  at  thy  voice,  or  grave  or  gay. 

And  every  chord  is  vibrant  to  thy  tone. 

So  many  years  I  have  confe  back  to  stand, 

With  reverent  awe  l)cfl)re  thy  glorious  shrine, 

So  close  and  long  thy  lineaments  I've  scanned— 

It  seeras  thou  shouldsi  grow  something  less  divine  I 

I  know  thy  face— its  shifting  glooms  and  smiles— 

As  cloud,  or  sun,  upon  thy  Iwsom  lies. 
Thy  wrathful  guise,  thy  witching  rainbow  wiles. 

Can  wake  no  more  for  me  the  sweet  surprise. 

I  know  thy  voice,  its  terror  and  its  glee. 

Have  in  my  ear  so  oft  their  changes  rung— 

Nor  forest  winds,  nor  anthents  of  the  sea, 

Speak  to  my  soul  with  more  familiar  tongue. 

\  My  feet  have  scaled  thy  storm-scarred  battlements. 

And  pressed  the  moss  most  emerald  with  thy  tean; 
And  still  profaned  thy  lucent  caverns  whence 
The  nfeophyte  conies  pale  with  ghostly  fears. 

>  /        Yet.  as  the  more  of  Ood  the  soul  perceives. 

And  nigher  Him  is  drawn,  it  worships  more — 
So  in  my  heart  thy  matehless  beauty  leaves 
Constraint  in  thine  His  grandeur  to  adore. 


Within  thy  courts,  I  come  this  vernal  day, 

Kre  Fashion's  chimes  invite  the  thoughtless  throng; 
Almost  alone  I  watch  thy  curling  spray. 

And  lose  my  breath  to  swell  thy  ceaseless  song. 

I  mark  the  flowers  uixin  thy  marge  that  blow. 
Sweet  violets  bhic  and  campaniles,  white  bells; 

Their  azure  shines  unblenclied,  unblushed  their  snow. 
These  timid  things  feel  not,- as  I,  thy  spells:. 

And  in  thy  woods  the  birds  heed  not  thy  roar. 
Where  the  brown  thnJsh  and  painted  oriole, 
.  All  unabashed,  their  tides  of  song  outpour. 
As  if  thy  floods  in  terror  did  not  roll. 

They  do  not  know,  th»  buds  and  birds  around. 

How  wonderful,  how  grand,  how  dread  thoy  art; 
But  I.  transfixed  by  every  sight  and  sound,  • 

Stand,  worshiping  thy  Maker,  in  my  heart. 

I  must  go  back  where  tides  of  Commerce  flow. 

And  the  dull  roar  of  traffic  cleaves  the  air; 
But  in  my  heart  sweet  memories  still  shall  glow. 

And  to  my  slumbers  .summoii  visions  fair. 

Niagara  !  thou  wilt  freshen  all  my  thought, 

And  cool  the  breath  of  fervid  hours  for  me; 

/    My  days  shall  lapse  with  thy  remembrance  fraught. 

Thy  voices  chant  my  nights  sweet  lullaby. 

Great  Torrent;  speed  thee  to  the  lake  and  sea. 

With  t'reless  smoke  of  spray  and  thunderous  roar; 

I  bless  my  Cod,  Tor  all  thy  joy  to  me. 

Though  I  should  see  thy  marvelous  face  no  more  I 


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ATCHISON,  TOPBKA  &  SANTA  Ffi, 

Polk  street,  between  3d  and  4th  avenues. 
BAI.TIMORB  &  OHIO, 

Harrison  street  and  Fifth  avenue. 
CHICAGO  &  ALTON,  1 

CanalVreet,  between  Adams  and 
CHICAGO  &  BASTSRN  II,UNOIS, 

Polk  street,  between  3d  and  4th  aven 
CHICAGJO  &  ERIB, 

Polklstreelt,  betwe«a  3d  and  4th  av«ai 

CHICAGO  &  Crand  Trunk 

Polk  street,  between  3d  and  4th  avennet. 
CHICAGO  &  NORTHERN  PACIFIC, 

Harrison  street  and  Fifth  avenue. 
CHICAGO  &  NORTH-WESTERN, 

Wells  and  Klnzie  streets. 
CHICAGO,  BURUNGTON  &  Q0INCY, 

.  Canal  street,  between  Adams  and  Madiae% 
CHICAGO  GREAT  WESTERN, 

Harrison  street  and  Fifth  aVfhue 
CHICAGO,  mtWAUKEE  &  ST.  PADI, 


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?'*CHICAGO,  ROCK  ISLAND  &  PACIFIC,    . 

Van  Duren  street,  bet.  Pacific  ave.  and  Sherman  at. 

'^LAND,  CINCINNATI,  CHICAGO  &  ST.  LOUIS, 
Uke  Front,  foot  of  12th  street. 

rOIS  CENTRAL, 

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J  Lake  Front,  foot,  of  nth  street. 

XAKE  SHORE  &  MICHIGAN  SOUTHERN, 

Van  Buren  street,  bet.  Pacific  ave.  and  Sherman  st. 

WD18VILLE,  NEW  ALBANY  p  CHICAGO, 
i{«,.t  tvtk  street,  between  3d  and  4th  avenues. 

^tillCHIGAN  CENTRAL. " The  Niagara  Fali.8  Roitb." 
[1^:  .  l,ake  Front,  foot  of  12th  street. 

NEW  YORK,  CHICAGO  &  ST.  LOUIS, 

Van  Buren  street,  bet  Pacific  ave.  and  Sherman  -at. 
PITTSBURGH,  FORT  WAYNE  &  CHICAGO, 

Canal  street,  between  Madison  and  Adams. 
WABASH,  V 

Polk  streict,  between  3d  and  4th  avenues. 

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THE  HISTORY   OF  NIAGARA  RIVER. 

LET  us  put  togeriwr  what  we  have  learned  of  the  Niagara  history.  The  river  began  its 
/Existence  during  the  final  retreat  of  the  great  ice  sheet,  or,  in  other  words,  during  the  series 
/  of  events  that  closed  the  age  of  ice  in  North  if^merica.  If  we  consider  as  a  geologic  period 
/flie  entire  time  that  has  elapsed  since  the  beginning  of  the  age^of  ice,  then  the  history  of  the  Niagara 
River  covers  only  a  portion  of  that  period.  In  the  judgment  of  most  students  of  glacial  geology, 
and,  I  may  add,  jn  my  own  judgment,  it  covers  only  k  small  portion  of  that  period.  During  the 
course  of  its  history,  the  length  of  the  river  has  suffered  some  variation,  by  reason  of  the  successive 
fall  and  rise  of  the  level  of  Lake  Ontario.  It  was  at  first  a  few  miles  shorter  than  now;  then  it 
became  suddenly  a  few  miles  longer,  and  its  present  length  was  gradually  acquired.  With  the  change 
in  the  position  of  its  mouth,  there  went  a  change  in  the  height  of  its  mouth ;  and  the  rate  at  which  it 
eroded  the  channel  was  affected  thereby.  The  influence  on  the  rate  of  erosion  was  felt  chiefly  along 
the  lower  course  of  the  river,  between  Lewiston  and  Fort  Niagara.  The  volume  of  the  river  has 
likewise  been  inconstant.  In  early  days,  when  the  lakes  levied  a  large  tribute  on  the  melting  glacier 
the  Niagara  may  have  been  a  larger  river  than  now;  but  there  was  a  time  when  the  discharge  from 
the  upper  lakes  avoided  the  route  by  Lake  Erie,  and  then  the  Niagara  was  a  relatively^all  stream. 


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J^HE  GRAND,  Mackinac  Island  (J.  R.  Hayes,  Proprie- 
tor.), is  one  of  the  largest  and  most  perfectly  ecjuipped 
resbrt  hotels  in  the  country,  and  is  conducted  in  accordance 
with  the  advanced  methods  of  the  present  day.  From  June 
24th  until  the  latter  part  of  September  it  is  the  favored  resort 
of  the  wealthy  and  fashionable  class  of  pleasure  seekers,  and 
the  many  attractions  of  "the  Island,  united  to  the  amusement 


-ino^^tlcd  by  the  hmet7T!0ver  a  sufficiently  largeli^ld  to  eni: 
brace  all  tas^tes.  The  hotel  will  be  under  the  personal 
management  of  Mr.  Hayes. 

•    For  further  Informktlon  addrcu  THE  WAVNB,  DETROIT,  uqtH' 
June  «i«t ;  thereafter  Um  ■•Qraml,"  riacklnac. 


J^HE  WAYNE,  Detroit  (J.  R.  Hayes,  Proprie- 
tor), is  open  the  year  roundfand  is  one  of 
the  most  home-like  and  comfortable  hotels  in 
the  city.  Its  location,  overlooking  the  Detroit 
River  and  immediatfely^opposite  the  Michigan 
Central  railway  station,  is  most  convenient  and 
desirable,  especially  for  the  summer  tourist. 
The  Wayne  contai"ns  200  rooms,  Jarge  and  airy 
halls,  and  is  first-class  in  every  respect.  Rates 
$2.00  to  $3.50  per  day. 


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THE  CITY  OF  CHARLESTON. 

V'^HARLESTON  as  a  historical  point,  perhaps,  has  few  equals,  and  certainly  none  on  the  South  Atlantic  coast.    She 
i  figured,  or  at  least  her  adjacenf  island,  iiuUivans,  in  the  war  of  .1776,  anWoiufre  site  of  the  old  palmetto  Fort  Moultrie 

now  stands  a  substantial  fortress  commanding  the  harbor.  Fort  Sumter,  micTway  between  Sullivan's  and  Morris  Island, 
stands  proud  in  her  ruins,  awaiting  an  opportunity  to  again  evidence  her  endurance  against  an  invader.  Both  of  these  forts 
were  prominent  in  the  kite  war,  and  Fort  Suiter  partiiularly  so  by  reason  of  her  participation  in  conflict  under  the  flag  of 

both  sections  engaged  in  the  strife.  .     .u     r^  ..         « 

The  city  of  Charleston  islfbtable  for  M  antiquatetf  character  of  the  architecture  of  her  buildings.  Another  feature  of 
her  buildings,  much  noted  and  admired,  i^  the  typical  broad  southern  piazza,  which  gives ^so  mDch  comfort  to  Us  occupants 
during  the  summer.  The  streets  are  hand^mely  pavecL  and  two  street-car  lines  traverse  ajid  circle  the  city,  making  it  possi- 
ble to  reach  almost  any  point  in  the  city  b^  them.  Charleston  has  abundant  first-class  hptel  accommodations,  and  a  liv-ery 
stable  that  compares  favorably  with  an/in  the  large  iastern  cities.  Her  climate  is  all ihat  invalids  or  tourists  coujd  wish 
with  a  meanviemperature  of  58  degrees/during  the  winVer  months.  The  harbor  of  Charleston  has  a  capacity  and  depth  of 
water  sufBcientVflDat  the  navy  of  the  world,  and  the  co.\pletion  of  the  work  for  deepeniiig  the  bar  is  progressing  so  succe^ 
fully  that  it  is  belieT^Hlie  depth  of  water,  which  has  beek  constantly  increasing,  will  s9on  be  ample  to  admit  vessels  ot  he 
greatest  draught,  the  cons;ifttmation  of  which  will  open  upl^harleston  as  the  South  Atlantic  outlet  for  the  products  of  the 

ereat  West  and  Northwest.       ^"^^^  \  *  ,  ,    ,  1  .v.      .  ^^ 

StJMMERViLLE,  S   C  ,  Charlestmi'S^uburban  resort  for  invalids  during  the  frigid  wintti:, months,  and  of  many  of  the  citizens 
of  Charleston  in  the  summer,  is  delightful^lomted  just  twenty-two  miles  north  of  Charleston,  and  is  easily  reached  by  train 

at  almost  a.,y  hour  of  the  day.     Here  will  be  fo(Iii*4lj£  P'n^y  '"^^  «^°^  ^  "^"<=»^  ^"g**'  ='^*"  ''^  ^^"^  '*!"'*'*^''      ,     '"?  7 
throat  trouble.    A  beautiful  and  modernly  constructe>hatel,  "  the  Pine  Forest  Inn,"  with  all  the  conveniences  and  comforts 
at  the  thoughtful  owner  could  conceive  of,  and  delightfullftej(ated,  will  welcome  the  visitor.  .,     ^       ,         , 

MTamden  S  C  is  located  141  miles  northeast  ^om  Charlest5t^^4nd,  like  the  latter  mentioned  city,  prides  herselt  on  her 
historiea^site  and  of  the  pages  of  events  tljafcan  be  chronicled  of  he7>ist.  Upton  Court  and  Hobkirk  Inn  are  the  principal 
hotels  of  Cainden  and  many  are  the  home  comforts  that  can  be  procured  thfeNL  ,    u    ^«      v  r-      1       ^.,1 

way,  and  the  gre^st  sanitarium.  It  is  delightfully  located  on  an  elevation  of  505  fee>aW  sea  level.  There  are  pleasant 
drives,  and  with  the  Vtclass  accommodations  afforded  by  the  '  Highland  Park  Hotel,"  th^^roximity  of  the  city  of  Augusta 
(17  miles  distant),  and  cWnient  schedules,  there  is  no  ^easanter  point  to  spend  the  winter  than^at  Aiken,  b.  C. 


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AMERtOAsWiaND^s.  Niagara  fiM.id!  Utah's  Mormon  City,  and  Salt  Lake's  GrIat  Dead  Sea". 


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I^ROBABLY  no  city  in  America  is  more  interesting 

*■       by  reason  of  its  history,  its  situation,  its  scenery 

or  itself  than  Leadville,  Colorado.     The  first   is  brief 

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but   highly  dramatic ;    the    second   is  more   than   ten 

thousand  feet  above  the  sea ;    the   third   is  matchless 

in    its   grandeur   and   sublimity,    and   lastly,    itself    is 

picturesque  and  curious  in  its  ej^Miition  of   the  rapid 

production  of   tangible  wealth.     The  discovery  of  the 

famous    "carbonate"    ores' made    a    city    of    twenty 

thousand    people    in    a    single   summer.      No  more  a 

mining  camp,  Leadville  is  a  city  with  all  that  the  name 

implies,  including  hotel   acqpmtnodatipns   of    the  best 

and   most   luxurious,  for     "The  Vendome "/claims  to 

be 'the  best  £^nducted   hostelry  in   the  great  State  of 

Colorado. 

No  description  is  adequate,  however.     The  traveler 


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Cor.  13th  &  Douglas, 
OMAHA,  NEB. 


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JtHKJLAMGSST,  MOST  SLSGANTLYJtVRXXSMBiimaXBtL^ 


IN  THB  CITY. 
THOS,  SWOBE,  Proprietor, 


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(*.■■,  '■«— ^Mi^fc^     ^         Stands  easily  at  the  head 

OLORflDO    SPRINGS  ^^Je  report  aies  of  the 
^  Rocky  Mountain  fegion. 

In  the  extenft,  variety  and  magnificence  of  the  scenery 
by  which  it  is  environed,  it  is  without  a  fival  upon  the 
Aiperican  Continent  and  possibly  upon  the  globe ;  while  its 
superb  climate,  famous  the  world  over,  lends  an  additional 
charm  to  the  pleasure  and  satisfaction  With  which  these 
wonders  of  Scenery  are  viewed  by  the  tourist.  An  its  imme- 
diate vicinity  and  within  easy  riding  or  driving  distance,  are 
such  world-fapious  scenic  wonders  as  the  Garden  ort|ie  Gods, 
Glen  E^yrie,  Monument  Park,   Manitpu   Springs,   Ut^  Pas^ 

together  with  a  half  dozeq   stupendous  and   awe-inspiring         '         jf  TH«  ANTLCH*.  cotoiwoo  •wiiho*.  Coto. 
caftons  and  the  Broadmoor  Casino;  while  towering  above  alHs  the  snow^  summit  of  great  Pike's  Peak, 
of  thi.Wkl?p.!JT  ■  '  '        ^'"'T^'   foremost  hoM  whicWoccupies  a  commanding  position  in  full  view 

^nn.»         V     K     ^    f  •  "  ^"  ""P°''"«^  and  strikingly  handsoiile  structure  of  cut  stone,  five  stories  in  height   and 

Trir  cTL^.^  H^^  f 'f  '°'"''-  ''™"'''  "'^"^  ^'^'^  ^PP"^'^*^^  '^"°*"  *°  ^^^"^  hotel  construction,  inclUng 
dectnchght  steam  heat,  elevator,  etc..  it  has  during  the  past  ten\Arears  earned  an  enviable  reputation  kmoTJf 
thousands  of  tounsts  from  all  parts  of  the  world  who  annually  visit  Colorado  Springs.  Its  furnishfngs  throughout  are 
elegant^and  m  perfect  taste,  and  its  cuisine  is  unexcelled.     In  brief,  it'ranks  with  the  foremost  hotelf  of  the  fanT 

Colorado  Sprmgs  is  possessed  of  ample  railroad  facilities,  and  njoreover  is  directly  tfpon  two  of  the  overland 
SnrTniThT'^  the  contment.     Vestibule  trains  run  without  change  either  from  Cljic'a^r  St.  Louis  to  CoTo  aSo 

fflT^JlLUn-ir       ri°  °'^"^r^  ^"^  ^"^"^^-"'"^  ho:rs>ndbutoneni;hrnth.w.y     WorldviaiL 
-i.^Btk>i»wttk^bttt  limited  time:  uul  wllgTet^esTre  tn  s<.p  sii^i^iiKXi;^';^  *i^v^:a.:.  i.,i  ^.Z:..Jr "'         ...     ..    .*^ 


.,;..;t^ -,;th  hilt  »i^:^-j -^        •         ■ .    °  r-'  — '•"V  ^  "v^—a  «fiiu  uwt  uuc  iinjiu  ujLme  way,     woncts  *:air- 

"^;^Yv    o  cl^do  ^"^''•^^y^i.f--**^-^  -™^thing  of  tlS  Rocky  Mountaintcan  accomplish  this  b^ 
commg  d  reetly  to  Col0rado  Sprmgs,  wh.le  Pacific  Coast  travelers  are  urged  to  plan  their  journey  via  Colorado 
Sprmg^  since  they  will  thereby  traverse  en  ro^te  the  grandest  portions  of  the  Rocky'^MoHintain  legiZ 
—^ — For  all  mformation,  address  _=       „  '  » 

E.  BARNETT,  The  Anders, 

J  ''     .  COItOBADO  8PMMltG8,  COM^ 


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AMERICA'S  FAMOUS  CITY  OF  SUNSHINE 


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THE    HOTEL    METROPOt^B 


Opened  May  ia,  iSgi' 

Is  an  an  absolutely  Fire-Proof  Building,  furnished  from  office  floor  to  root 
in  magnificent  style :  conducted  on  the  European  plan ;  famed  for  the  ex- 
cellence of  its  Cuisine  and  Seri'ice,  and  combininR  all  the  comforts  of  a 
home,  your  surroundings  dispelling  any  feeling  of  being  in  a  public  hotel. 
The  rates  ar«  the  same  as  all  first-class  houses,  and  but  commensurate  with 
the  accommodations  afforded.  Restaurant  and  Caf6  4  la  carte.  Systems  of 
sanitation  and  ventilation  perfect.  nTTO  KIPPLEB 


Isatso  an  absolutely  Fire  Proof  Building,  fumishei^Sd' OTU'PPe*!  i"  tl" 
same  exquisite  manner :  conducted  on  tl\e  American  mwillias  the  advant- 
age over  any  other  hotel  in  the  vforld  of  all  roomt  facing  Ine  (traeti,  and  as 
there  are  loo  rooms  at  $3,  100  toonis  at  $4.  100  rooms  at  $4. so,  and  100  rooms 
at  is  per  day  and  upward,  your  choice  Is  a  matter  of  pleasure.  At  your 
tablein  the  Dining  Rooms  on  the  eighth  floor  an  iiifintermpted  view  of  the 

- ^     ■        .     .      -      •.     ._    ...^-j^j     Systems  of  sanitation 

WILLIAM  H.  BUSH, 
N.  MAXCY  TABOR. 


Rocky  MountainsTor  hundreds  of  mil^s  is  afforded, 
and  ventilation,  perfect.  n 


HARKY  WATCHAM,  General  Representative. 


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THE  ONLY  LINE  PASSING  THROUGH 


SALT  LAKE  C\jf\ 

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EN  ROUTE  TO 
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if  ce  Bullet  and  Tourist  Sleeping  Can  iMtween 


Denver,  San   Francisco  and   Los  Angeles. 


.  .  THE    POPULAR    LINE  TO  , 


ADVILLE,   GLENWOOO   SPRINGIg,   ASPEN 


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AND   GRAND  JUf^CTION. 


,tlrfe  w'osl  itlreVt  route  to  Trinidad,  Swita  Fe'and  New  ntxia.  Pain*; 
Co^lorado,  liali  and  Sew  Mexico  ^-- 

The  Tonrisl's  Favorite  Line  to  all  Moantain  Resorts. 


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H.  E.  TUPPER, 

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lyC,     LlvlL|L»Aiv  anrf  Plumbers'  Bills.  Due  to  Impure  Air  frem  Cloggt'd  Draina. 


If  this  package  can  not 
be  procured  of  your  drug- 
gist, grocer,  or  stationer, 
we  will  forward  same  on 
receipt  of  ONE  DOLLAE, 
with  twenty-five  cents  for 
express  charges,  to  points 
not  exceeding  600  miles. 
Exceeding  that  distance, 
send  twenty-five  cents  for 
each  additional  600  miles. 


aPSCZAl-Oa  receipt  of  $1.30,  we  wilt  deliver  tbia  Hotiaebold  Caae  at  oonalgnee'a  door,  london,  Kngland,  aU  charaea  nrenmtd 


NEW  YORK,  28  to  30  No.  Moore  St. 


ALBANY,  N.  Y. 


164  Market  St.,  CKICAOO. 


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ARE  ALL  ON  THE  OVERLAND  ROUTt 


Denver  Cheyenne. 
Ogden.Salt  Lake  City, 
San  Francisco. 
Portland. 


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For  Full  AND  Complete '/nformawn.  Pamphlet6.  6v/DE-Boona.  Vme -Tabled. 
rpLDERs,  Maps- Apply  to  your  nearest  Ra/lroad  T/cn£r  Aoent^s  .  or- 


5.H.H.  CLARK.  E 

iffllCSIOENT,  OMAHA.  GCN 


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Manager,  Omaha.  "^ 


E.L.LOMAX. 

GEN.  PASS.  &  TICKET  AGT..0MAMA. 


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